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juiospgros Dirgintana. Natural Order: Ebenacccc — Ebony Eamily. 
[P ERSIMMON trees are found in the United States, attaining 
m a larger growth in the south than in the north, where they 
I? seldom become more than a large shrub. The flowers are 
inconspicuous, and are succeeded by a plum-shaped, pulpy 
^ fruit, of a reddish-orange hue, containing several hard-shelled 
seeds. Persimmons are only ripened by the action of the 
^^p'^lfrost, after which they become palatable and nutritious. In the South- 
£$Lern States they are used in various ways, but in the Middle States they 
Uy are seldom found plentifully enough to be used in any way except to 
( eat in their original state. They are allied to the date plum, a foreign 
variety. The bark is used to allay fevers, and it also possesses tonic 
and astringent properties. The species are numerous in the tropics. 
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'T'HE love of Nature’s works 
A Is an ingredient in the compound man, 
Infused at the creation of the kind. —Cowper. 
T T OW blest the man who in these peaceful plains 
Plow r s his paternal field; far from the noise, 
The care and bustle of a busy world! 
All in the sacred, sweet, sequester’d vale 
Of solitude, the secret primrose path 
Of rural life, he dwells; and with him dwell 
Peace and content, twins of the sylvan shade, 
And all the graces of the golden age. 
—Michael Bruce. 
T F thou art worn and hard beset 
A With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, 
If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep 
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T HE gree " earth sends its incense up 
From every mountain shrine — 
From every flow'er and dewy cup 
That greeteth the sunshine. 
— Whittier. 
Thy heart from fainting, and thy soul from sleep, 
Go to the woods and hills! — no tears 
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. 
— Longfellow. 
O nature! how in every charm serene. 
— Beattie. 
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